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Babysitter Philip Kenneth Landino, 48, was supposed to pick up two boys from school but instead was found passed out on a couch after the boys' auntie reported them missing from their Dunnellon home, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. Authorities had launched an all-out search after Landino initially had told told them that he had picked up the children from school, fed them and put them to bed, according to an arrest report. But it looks like he decided to babysit the beer instead: He later 'fessed up to dozing off after drinking two four-packs of beer.

Warning: Redneck trailer park humor item Don't ever diss this dad. Perry Hegedus, 53, was drinking with his son and son's friends at Fort Pierce mobile home park when he was allegedly handed a "(urine) warm beer," according to an arrest affidavit, reports Will Greenlee in his Off the Beat blog for TCPalm.com in Stuart. When Hegedus got into a lather over the suds and began to scream to his son's friend about how disrespectful it was to hand someone a "(urine)

The hubby showed Fort Pierce cops a cell phone video of his wife, Tricia Renee Habeb, rummaging for beer in the fridge after she had come home drunk, reports Will Greenlee in his Off the Beat blog for TCPalm.com in Stuart. When he told her he tossed away the suds, Habeb worked herself into a lather and sunk her teeth into his arm and neck. Get the DUHtails and arrest affidavit at Will Greenlee's Off the Beat blog at TCPalm.com in Stuart.

"The Brooklyn Brewery Mash," a fusion of beers with food, parties, readings and music. "The Brooklyn Brewery Mash," beers, Wynwood Kitchen, Shake Shack, Slow Food USA, Bakehouse Art Complex, O Cinema, Gramps Brooklyn parties with Miami this week during the The Brooklyn Brewery Mash, a fusion of beer, food, readings and music. "Unfortunately with beer, most people only think of it as the yellow liquid on the table, but we see it as the liquid that brings together all these relationship and connections," said Andrew Gerson, the house chef of Brooklyn Brewery.

The tattooed man crawled across the pool patio and screamed for help, leaving a streak of blood behind him. He clutched his leg and inched toward the pool in the backyard of a random Wellington home, where a startled family watched the man writhe and fall into the water. The family called the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, but deputies told them to stay away – James McNeill, 22, had just attacked his girlfriend after an argument about booze According to an arrest report and witness accounts, this is how McNeill made it to the darkened patio lit only by a decorative palm tree: Just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, McNeill was drinking beer with his 22-year-old girlfriend on the back patio of her home.

These days, the boys at the "world famous" Elbo Room in Fort Lauderdale are more likely to be construction workers than teenage heartthrobs. Last week, the first floor closed for remodeling. But patrons can still hang out at, and over, the second-story balcony. Why spruce up a treasured dive bar? Government regs. The iconic beach hangout, last renovated in 1956, has to meet modern-day building codes, owner Mike Penrod said. The update will take place over the next two months.

Finding a beer pong event at a bustling bar on a Friday night isn't that unusual. However, there was a special cause behind a recent beer pong tournament at Cowboys Saloon in Davie — helping Tim's Army. The event helped Tim Eckinger, a Cooper City father of a 3-year-old battling stage IV esophageal cancer. Despite his health issues, the 31-year-old stayed for most of the event as a gesture of strength in his fight. "It means a lot for everyone to come out and show their support," he said.

Ahmad "Ace" Rashad Braxton is accused of stealing CDs and a sports bag from a minivan, according to a Fort Walton Beach Police report, reports the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach. But "Ace" left behind a big clue: A can of "Steel Reserve" in the front passenger seat with plenty of his DNA on it. According to "Ace's" jail records at the Okaloosa County jail, this marks his 12th trip to the pokey in 11-years. Get the DUHtails at the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach.

Burger King will unveil plans Friday to open a new Whopper Bar in South Beach that will sell beer and burgers, USA Today reports. The bar is scheduled to open in mid-February. The plans don't include selling beer at conventional Burger Kings. More Whopper Bars could be coming to New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, says Chuck Fallon, president of Miami-based Burger King North America. A beer at the new Whopper Bar -- served in special aluminum bottles to keep them extra cold -- is expected to cost $4.25.